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Pterodactyl (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 08:19 PM Original message |
Is abortion for the purpose of sex selection immoral? |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. Every time they make the decision to give up a girl |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. IMHO China could use some form of "major population disaster" - one that |
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Pterodactyl (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 09:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Huh? Care to elaborate? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I'm just saying that they have a huge population, and it is going to pose a HUGE |
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Pterodactyl (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 09:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. OK. For a moment there, I thought you might have been hoping for the deaths of millions of people! |
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jul61252 (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-02-11 03:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. +1 |
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Starboard Tack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
50. I would think it would create more social problems rather than a population disaster |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. In my mind, I think it is. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Is it immoral to attempt to conceive a particular sex? |
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Starboard Tack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
52. No more immoral than wishing, hoping or praying for one or the other. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. I don't know... |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. Abortion is between a woman and her doctor |
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jul61252 (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-02-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
32. +1000 |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 02:26 AM Response to Reply #32 |
59. say buh bye to jul61252! |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Wow. that is something. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. nah, seems to have been random |
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Starboard Tack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
53. Abortion is between a woman and herself |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. I don't think the standard should be pure morality, but rather ethics. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. Immoral is a slippery term. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. Should humans engage in breeding programs?? |
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Brianboru (226 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. My neighbor has adopted three Chinese girls. |
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Pterodactyl (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Your neighbor is AWESOME! |
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Brianboru (226 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. They are great kids - and two other families also adopted girls. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
9. Depends on what you use as your moral compass. |
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Pterodactyl (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 09:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. It seems here the goal is to only give birth to boys at the expense of girls. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. That is goal of the abortions, I was referring to the goal of one's morality. |
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Pterodactyl (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 09:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Yeah, that's what I was saying. Their goal is boys. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. The boys are more likely to be a means to an ultimate goal. nt |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. What's immoral is the favoring of males that engenders this sort of behavior. |
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left coaster (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. + 1,000! nt |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Exactly. But by the same token, no good can come of forced childbearing. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. Not when it's done because the parents carry a sex-specific genetic disease marker. n/t |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. Abortion is a private decision. If a woman feels that she cannot love and |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
18. Either sex selection is moral or it is immoral - abortion is largely irrelevant |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Is attempting to conceive one sex immoral? |
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libguy_6731 (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
58. Great Post |
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Pterodactyl (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
27. The answer is yes. Yes, it is. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-02-11 05:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Using that logic, do you feel all abortions are immoral? Since they get "deselected" for not being |
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Pterodactyl (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-06-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Yes, nearly all would be. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. In what case is an abortion not "immoral"? When, if ever, should they be legal? |
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Pterodactyl (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. In cases of self defense. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. self defense how? Thank you. Not sure what you mean, if you could clarify |
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Pterodactyl (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 09:17 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. When the mother's life is endangered. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 09:52 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. You do not think early abortions are moral, only late term ones if the mother's life is endangered. |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. So disheartening |
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Pterodactyl (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 09:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. That does not mean it is a good thing. America can do better. |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Autonomy for women IS a good thing. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 08:45 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Deleted message |
Pterodactyl (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. What if someday women didn't even feel they had to do it? |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Not every woman wants to or can be pregnant and raise a child, or risk her life |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. because the alternatives would be, um, what? |
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Pterodactyl (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #47 |
62. How about adoption by a responsible family? |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:32 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. if i don't want to be pregnant, no kind of adoption is acceptable |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Had to do what? Bear a child if they didn't want to? Or feel they "had" to have an abortion? |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-01-11 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
29. Is A Facelift For The Purpose of Looking Better Immoral? |
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jul61252 (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-02-11 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
30. no |
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peace17 (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-04-11 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
34. how do you define immoral? |
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Pterodactyl (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-06-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. So what do YOU think? |
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Starboard Tack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
51. I am 100% pro-choice but using abortion as a form of birth/population control is immoral |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. I don't understand. You are pro-choice yet using abortion for birth control is immoral? |
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Starboard Tack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Sorry, meant to say as a primary method of birth control. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Thank you. Sounds like you view abortion as immoral but ok in some cases |
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Starboard Tack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 07:41 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I would call it immoral if used for gender selection or population control |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
64. no, it's not. wise in the long run, on a societal level? no. but no more immoral than any abortion. |
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NOMOREDRUGWAR (319 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
65. No, not immoral, but probably unwise |
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vets74 (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
66. LIVE topic -- 163,000,000 Missing Women in Asia |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:08 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. if I'm reading this correctly ... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. In conjunction with that poster's other topic that words, terms, matter, it is oddd. |
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tgal (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
69. Abortion is a medical procedure |
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